http://www.newstin.com/us/rice-farming Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79866828 Source: IRIN For years, farmers in one of Senegal's most mango-rich zones, Keur Mbir Ndao, 80km east of the capital, were losing more than half their harvests. While some wrote it off to God's wrath, researchers told them the... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:40:24 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79866828 2008-10-07T19:40:24Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79882169 CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade rice futures ended slightly higher Tuesday in a modest bounce from Monday's sharp losses in choppy trade. November rice ended up 6 cents to $17.70 per hundredweight and January rice... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:05:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79882169 2008-10-07T21:05:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79722285 Posted to the web 7 October 2008 As the countdown to the October 31 deadline for the removal of the rice import duty waiver begins, mixed reactions have trailed the measure. Some respondents of a nationwide survey of the News... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:08:32 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79722285 2008-10-07T10:08:32Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79710590 6 Oct, 2008, 0147 hrs IST,Prabha Jagannathan, NEW DELHI: The 2008-09 procurement season has begun on a bright note with Food Corporation of India (FCI) buying seven lakh tonnes of rice in the first five days (October 1-5) for... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:23:08 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79710590 2008-10-07T08:23:08Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79675483 Customers are willing to pay a premium to buy products grown without using fertiliser Consumers of organic food are health conscious and willing to pay that little bit extra for the produce Photo: K. Pichumani Organic... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:28:06 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79675483 2008-10-06T23:28:06Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79694925 This fried rice with kimchi is made with local foods at Kumakura Elementary School in Nishigo, Fukushima Prefecture. (YASUHIRO SUGIMOTO/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN) With the recent spate of scandals over tainted foods, it seems one of... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:14:51 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79694925 2008-10-07T02:14:51Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79566311 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 6 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Production and market of imidacloprid in China http://www.reportlinker.com/p096339/Production-and-market-of-imidacloprid-in-Chi na.html Imidacloprid, a kind of chloronicotinyl... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:31:47 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79566311 2008-10-06T08:31:47Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79581566 Invited by the UN Secretary General as a lead discussant for the thematic roundtable on Poverty and Hunger at the recent UN high-level event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) Director... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:52:52 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79581566 2008-10-06T13:52:52Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79584758 MYANMAR - The development of a contract farming zone in the suburban township of Yangon division is being stepped up, supported by private entrepreneurs. According to Chinese sources, a state-backed Myanmar newspaper describes... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:25:15 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79584758 2008-10-06T14:25:15Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79634977 A series of food scandals, such as the fraudulent labeling of meat and sale of food after its use-by date, have convinced the 48-year-old Tokyo housewife that "people in the food industry care little about consumers' safety and... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:12:25 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/79634977 2008-10-06T16:12:25Z